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What would happen to the Earth if it suddenly stopped spinning? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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[–] Forester@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Everybody would die. Inertia would continue moving all the buildings, trees, animals and people at several thousand miles an hour even though the Earth is no longer rotating.

[–] SteveTech@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

This is xkcd's (yes the comic guy) 'What If', the whole point of the video series is to answer what would happen if what happens didn't happen.

The short trims it out, but "Everyone would die" is mentioned in the first 10 seconds of the full video: https://youtu.be/gp5G1QG6cXc

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago

Couldn't even listen to the first five seconds to hear the full question, huh?

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It would solve a lot of problems. And it could create one or two new ones in the process. 🤔